Equity

Not surprisingly the health care reform bill is stalled in Congress. I guess I’m actually surprised that it got this far. In spite of what I hope are good intentions by many members of Congress, and for that matter, many citizens of this country, there is still a large group of folks out there who think that it is the responsibility of individuals to secure their own health care. This wouldn’t be so bad if there was at least an even playing field offered to those of us who can’t afford the exorbitant cost of health insurance. You know, if it was at least subject to, I don’t know, free market pricing, I think the word we like to use is competition.

Perhaps if the insurance lobby, like the banking lobby, didn’t have control over our government.

So here’s my suggestion – I say the members of Congress should take as much time as they want to decide whether or not the rest of us are just as deserving of reasonably priced health care benefits as they are. But until they do figure out how that’s going to work – I think that we should stop paying for their health care. Because, guess what? I’m tired of the same folks who get really good health care, which is by the way paid for by my tax dollars, telling me – thanks so much for that, and as for you – well you’re on your own.